Improvement in breast-collars for horses



- "lngited4 gauw WILLIAM ELEONARD, or' BosToN', MASs'AciiUsE,TTs

Letters' Patent No.'110,377, dated December 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BREAs'r-coLLARs FoR HoRsEs.

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tion, as my improvement canrbe applied to collars of any shape ordesign. i

' I .am well aware `that the breast-collars in present use don'ot, whennew, cause much inconvenience to thehorse, being stii` and in a measurennyieldng; butin view of the fact that after frequent use they stretch,sag down, and press against the windpipe and piu-bones of the shoulder,thereby interfering with the easy movement of the horse and lesselmg hispulling power, I propose, in order to avoid s'nch inconvenience andstrain upon the animal, 'and t0 prevent' tlhestretching aud. saggingvdown as above described, to construct the breast-collars as follows:

Within a covering of ordinary harness-leather, cut in any shape desiredfor a collarI place a stout well 'made strip of enameled leather, thesamev being in one entire piece,`aud make the outer leather'conform toevery curve of the inner 'by stitching or 'any other known mode, so asto form a solid yet pliablecollar, as in figs. l, 2; the enameledleather serving to stay the collar, keep it in' shape, aud prevent itsstretching and, consequently, sagging.

This combination oi' patent leather with `the breeching leather,substantially as described, I claim to be entirely new, and to .havethis superioradvantage over' any'other mode 'of' combination yetproduced, viz: that the pat-ent leather, being within the collar, is notexposed to the varyingv action` of heat, cold, and moisture, whichwouldotherwise destroy the enamel and injure .the texture, two propertiesforming the main part of its anti-stretching power.

VI claim that collars constructed in this manner are superior to kanynow made, and combine. strength with durability, ease to the horse,jbypreventing the' pressure upon the windpipe and shoulder pin-bones, andcontinuity of shape with adaptability to the horses breast. o

What I claim, and -desire to secure by Letters Patent, s-- y Thecombination of au inner stay of enameled leather with an outer` coveringo f ordinary harnessleather, substantially as -and for" the purpose setkforth and described.

WM. E. LEONARD.V

. Witnesses:`

EDM. F. BROWN, HENRY F. KING.

